How do you enroll our child in a DC school if moving to the District after the lottery deadline?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The other thing you can do is enter the lottery and hope that you don't match but get on waitlists that move over the summer. The initial lottery happens in April. You need to be able to prove residency by May 1, I think, if you match

Trying to remember... but I'm not sure you need to prove residency by May 1. We found out we were moving to DC in time to enter the second round of the lottery as a non-resident. (So we had no neighborhood preference on any schools.) We then signed our lease as of May 15 and enrolled in our zoned DC school at the end of May.

May 1 is relevant if you are enrolling in a school you got into via the lottery - eg a charter or a DCPS school outside of your boundary. Or for PK3 or PK4 at most IB schools.